Annual report of the director of animal industry for the year ending November 30, 1920-[1934] . Released as not affected with glanders, 335 Awaiting disposition, . 3 378 Following is a table giving the number of cases of this diseasecovering a period of twenty-two years. In this table caseswhich have occurred in the city of Boston are show^n separately,on account of the fact that Boston was for many years thestorm center of this disease. Special tabulation of the numberof cases in that city has always been made in order that itsrelative importance to other sections of the State may bestudied.
Annual report of the director of animal industry for the year ending November 30, 1920-[1934] . Released as not affected with glanders, 335 Awaiting disposition, . 3 378 Following is a table giving the number of cases of this diseasecovering a period of twenty-two years. In this table caseswhich have occurred in the city of Boston are show^n separately,on account of the fact that Boston was for many years thestorm center of this disease. Special tabulation of the numberof cases in that city has always been made in order that itsrelative importance to other sections of the State may bestudied. 22 ANIMAL INDUSTRY. [Jan. Number of Cases. Year, Cases. In Boston. In OtherPlaces. Totals. 159 384 543 192 507 699 197 548 745 155 580 735 250 610 860 254 555 809 210 414 624 194 376 570 308 403 711 389 552 941 278 406 684 314 362 676 387 565 952 395 446 841 556 528 1,084 355 495 850 152 250 402 157 278 435 80 206 286 89 104 193 4 19 23 6 26 32 1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920, 1921. PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 98. 23. 24 ANIMAL INDUSTRY. [Jan. The Massachusetts Society for the PrcA^ention of Crueltyto Animals, the Boston Workhorse Relief^ Association, theAnimal Rescue League, and the branches of these variousassociations in many cities and towns of the State have throughtheir agents always been of material aid to the Division in thework of controlling this disease. Their close observation ofworking animals of all classes has in the past, when the diseasewas more prevalent, brought to light many showing suspicioussymptoms, which they have promptly reported to this Division,and many of the animals so reported have proved to be positivecases of the disease. The constant activity of the humane societies in removingdisabled animals from work and destroying those which, onaccount of extreme age or poor condition, are no longer usefulhas undoubtedly been a factor in the suppression of glanders,as such animals ar
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